Wire-cable-splicing machine



J. OLSON.

WIRE CABLE SPLICING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.30, 1919.

1,341,579, Patented May 25, 1920.

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WIRE CABLE SPLICING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES JOHN OLSON, 0F HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

WIRE-GABLE-SPLICING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed August 30, 1919. Serial No. 320,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jorrn OLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Grays Harbor and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVire-Cable-Splicing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for holding and splicing wire cables, and particularly for machines which will hold the main line section and also the bent round portion of the cable which is to be attached into the main line, and also for drawing the strands or the bent ends through the strands of the main line.

In splicing the ends of a wire cable to form an eye or small loop much difficulty is found in holding the cable in place while the operator is making the splice, and this trouble is aggravated in the lumbering districts where heavy cables are used, and breaks occur in the woods where sometimes insuflicient men are at hand to hold the cable while the operator makes the splice, or forms a fixed eye at the end of the cable.

I have illustrated my invention as follows:

Figure 1 represents a side view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is an end view, and

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken near the middle of the machine.

The machine consists of a body portion B supported on four legs 2, 2, with two U members 3-3 fixed cross wise 011 the top of the body, and a lever 4 hinged at 5 with a hook 6 which extends outward on pivot pin 7 between the U members 8-3. The hook is operated by the lever 4 and when the wire cable 8 is placed along the top of the body 1 and the end thereof 9 brought back also on the body 1 a loop 10 is formed, and the book 6 is dropped over the two parts of the cable and both drawn into the bases of the U-members and so made parallel with each other.

On the end of the body B opposite location of 4 is another lever 11 with pivot connection 12 with plate 13 bolted to body 1, this lever carries a chain 16 with open hook easily fastened to the part 01. the cable to be pulled, and the lever 11 drawn back, whereby the cable is drawn and the loop 10 brought to the desired form, and the main part of the cable 8 is then secured into positive position by a clamp hook 18 on a screw rod 19 which passes through body 13 and is tightened by hand nut 20.

The end of the cable is then untwisted into several strands as shown in Fig. 2 and the operator, by the use of a common spreader hand tool, opens the strands as shown at 28 and any desired number of the free strands of end 9 are inserted between the open strands in the usual manner of splicing.

In drawing the ends through the opened strands much difficulty is found when the ends are shortened in pulling the end strands tight, and for this purpose I have a third lever 22 which rides on a cross rod 21 fixed to the body B, parallel with the cable 8 when said cable is held by the clamping hooks 6 and 18 the lever having an oifset near its top to leave arjaw 26, and to the extended offset is pivoted at 24 an extension of the lever 23, the lower end of which is provided with an extended eccentric bearing 25, the end of which engages on the top of the jaw 26 when the top of lever 23 is thrown back, and in drawing the ends of the strands through the openings, the levers 22 and 23 are bent back till the ends of the strands can be caught between the j aw 26 and point 25, and as the operator draws the top or lever 23 outward the point of the strand is held tightly between the aws 25 and 26 and the strand drawn tightly into place. To facilitate the operations I have cut out a section of the body 13 to leave operating space 27 for the strands.

This invention is particularly valuable for forming eyes in the ends of wire cables, and by the use thereof one man can perform the work of splicing the end of a cable to leave an eye, faster than several men working together without any machine.

I claim:

1. A cable splicing machine comprising means for holding the bight of the cable so that the loosened strands lie adjacent to the opened cable body; and means comprising a lever slidably adjustable relative to the cable and having gripping members for drawing the strand ends through the opening in the cable.

2. A cable splicing machine comprising means for holding the bight of the cable so that the loosened strands lie adjacent to the opened cable body; slidably adjustable means for drawing the strand ends through the opening in the cable and means comprising a lever operated chain and hook for varying the length of the loop by drawing out of the loop either the end or the body, while 1 erated away from the body.

6. A machine for splicing wire cables,

controlled but not held by the holding means.

3. A cable splicing machine comprising 7 means for holding the bight of the cable so that the loosened strands lie adjacent to the opened cable body; slidably adjustable means for drawing the strand ends through the opening in the cable, and. a means comprising a screw clamping member for clamping the cable to facilitate the splicing while the loop end is held by the first named means.

4. A cable splicing machine comprising means for holding the bight of the cable so that the loosened strands lie adjacent to the opened cable body; a slidably adjustable lever for drawing the strand ends through the opening in the cable, a lever operated top of the body, a hook operating between U members, a clamp operating on top of the body part and having a lever and chain fixed to one end of the body, and a slidably mounted lever on one side of the body having a pivoted joint in its length with oppositely placed jaws arranged to bind together when the parts or the lever are 0phaving a body portion cut out from the top thereof; U-members fixed across the body top of the body, a hook with a lever operating between the U-members, a clamp operating on thetop of the body part and having a lever and chain fixed to one end of the body, and a slidably mounted lever on a one side of the body having a pivoted joint in its length with oppositely placed aws arranged to bind together when the parts of the lever are operated from the body.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOHN OLSON. 

